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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Daniel 9:4

Verse Daniel 9:4. Keeping the covenant] Fidelity and truth are characteristics of God. He had never yet broken his engagements to his followers, and was ever showing mercy to men.

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See also Daniel 9:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND I PRAYED UNTO THE LORD MY GOD - Evidently a set and formal prayer. It would seem probable that; he offered this prayer, and then re corded the substance of it afterward. We have no reason to suppo...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 9 THE PROPHECY OF THE SEVENTY WEEKS _ 1. The time and occasion of Daniel's prayer (Daniel 9:1)_ 2. The prayer (Daniel 9:3) 3. The answer and the prophecy of the seventy weeks (Daniel 9:20)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    According to Charles, a later interpolation containing the confession of Daniel. This prayer was evidently written by a Palestinian Jew (see Daniel 9:7 and Daniel 9:16), and does not, therefore, maint...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PRAYED. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:40). App-92. MY GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. O LORD*, THE GREAT, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:6; Exodus 34:6;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Daniel's prayer, consisting (1) of a confession of national transgression, and of the justice of God's punishment (Daniel 9:4), and (2) of a supplication for mercy and restoration (Daniel 9:15). The p...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _and_ MADE CONFESSION] Leviticus 5:5; Leviticus 16:21; Leviticus 26:40, Num 5:7, 2 Chronicles 30:22; and in a context si

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1138 HUMILIATION EXEMPLIFIED AND ENFORCED Daniel 9:3. And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes; and I prayed unto the...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1137 DANIEL’S CONFESSION Daniel 9:3. And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: and I prayed unto the Lord my God, and...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    O LORD, THE GREAT AND DREADFUL GOD— The emphatic ה is used before each of the epithets that follow, "the God, the great, the dreadful." This prayer, which is occasioned by the greatest and most sincer...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER NINE III. THE PRAYER, THE PRINCE, AND PROSPERITYDaniel 9:1-27 a. REPENTANCE TEXT: Daniel 9:1-14 1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasureus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SEVENTY WEEKS In the first year of Darius the Mede, Daniel, studying the prophetical books, finds that Jeremiah has predicted that the desolation of Jerusalem will last for seventy years (Daniel 9...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 9 V1 This is what happened in the first year that Darius ruled the country. He was the son of Xerxes and he came from the country call...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE COVENANT. — See Exodus 19:5....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וָֽ אֶתְפַּֽלְלָ֛ה לַ יהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהַ֖י וָ אֶתְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE SEVENTY WEEKS THIS chapter is occupied with the prayer of Daniel, and with the famous vision of the seventy weeks which has led to such interminable controversies, but of which the interpretation...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    INTERCESSION FOR A BELOVED PEOPLE Daniel 9:1-15 What a prayer is this! In many respects it is a model for us all. _It was based on the divine Word_. The fact that God had promised to restore the deso...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In the first year of the reign of Darius, Daniel, who was evidently not only a man of prayer, but a diligent student of the prophetic writings, became conscious that the seventy years of judgment on J...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the (e) great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandment...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Covenant. God never breaks it first. (Calmet) --- Deus sua gratia semel justificatos non deserit, nisi ab eis prius diseratur. (Council of Trent, Session vi. 11.)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The Lord had said by his servant Ezekiel, that for all his promised blessings, he would be enquired of by the house of Israel. Ezekiel 36:37. Here, therefore, Daniel set himself to pray, and that earn...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Here Daniel relates the substance of his prayer. He says, _He prayed and confessed before God _The greatest part of this prayer is an entreaty that God would pardon his people. Whenever we ask for par...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 9 gives us a vision concerning the people and the holy city, consequent on Daniel's confession and intercession. It is, as has been remarked, in connection with the oppression of the western p...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND I PRAYED UNTO THE LORD MY GOD,.... Not to idols, nor to angels or saints departed; but to the Lord God of heaven and earth, who is omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, c.: a God hearing and answer...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I prayed unto the Lord my God_ Daniel could approach God with confidence, knowing him to be his God in covenant, his reconciled God and Father. Observe, reader, we must know God to be our God, if we...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And I prayed unto the Lord, my God, and made my confession, a frank acknowledgment of one's sinfulness preparing the way for the proper worship of the Lord, AND SAID, O LORD, THE GREAT AND DREADFUL GO...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DANIEL'S CONFESSION AND PRAYER...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    4-19 In every prayer we must make confession, not only of the sins we have been guilty of, but of our faith in God, and dependence upon him, our sorrow for sin, and our resolutions against it. It mus...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    By this it appeared he prayed in faith, to the true God, and his God. 2. He made confession of sin when he prayed for deliverance, because hereby he justified God in the captivity of his people. 3....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 9:4 prayed H6419 (H8691) LORD H3068 God H430 confession H3034 (H8691) said H559 (H8799) O...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    DANIEL'S PRAYER. ‘And I prayed to YHWH my God, and made confession, and said, “O Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and mercy with those who love him and keep his commandments.” ' I...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Daniel 9:1. _In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by book...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Daniel 9:1. _In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by book...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Vision of the seventy weeks. Daniel's prayer and confession. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Daniel, Jeremiah, Darius, Gabriel. CONCLUSION: God's Word is intended to encourage our prayers, and wh...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Daniel 9:1. _In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus._ He is also called Cyaxares, the son of Astyages. His father was called by the jews, Ahasuerus. See on Esther. Daniel 9:2. _I Daniel und...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 9:1 While reading the book of Jeremiah 1:1 and realizing that the “seventy years” (v. Daniel 9:2) are al

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 9:4 Daniel’s prayer begins with praise of God’s power and justice. Daniel pleads with God to show grace to his people. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _HOMILETICS_ SECT. XXX.—DANIEL’S PRAYER (Chap. Daniel 9:1) We come to what, in more than one respect, is among the most remarkable portions of Scripture. The chapter before us contains one of the mos...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION DANIEL 9:1 THE SEVENTY WEEKS. This is the chapter of Daniel which has occasioned most controversy. It was appealed to by Tertullian and the early Fathers as a demonstration of the correctn...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    This time let's turn in our Bible to the book of Daniel, chapter 9. In the beginning of chapter 9, we have a very keen insight to this man Daniel. And we understand why God has declared of him that wa...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 1:8; 1 John 5:2; 1 John 5:3; 1 Kings 8:23; 1 Kings 8:47;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    DANIEL'S PRAYER Daniel 9:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Prayer should always hold a prominent place in the lives of all Christians. We are to study today the prayer of one of God's greatest servants. As a pr...

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